Church of the Nazarene - East Rockingham Campus
Rebuilding: The Legacy of Nehemiah Part 1
God is still rebuilding!
Locations & Times
Church of The Nazarene- East Rock
East Side Hwy, Elkton, VA 22827, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
Today are diving into our first teaching series for the new year called “Rebuilding: The Legacy of Nehemiah.”
To rebuild can mean to make extensive repairs, or to restore something back to a previous state. To simply build again.
Over the next few weeks we will dive deeper into the story of Nehemiah to gain insight and encouragement for our own rebuilding story.
Today we are looking at the big storyline of scripture to see that the Lord has been on one long rebuilding project with us and he's not finished yet.
To rebuild can mean to make extensive repairs, or to restore something back to a previous state. To simply build again.
Over the next few weeks we will dive deeper into the story of Nehemiah to gain insight and encouragement for our own rebuilding story.
Today we are looking at the big storyline of scripture to see that the Lord has been on one long rebuilding project with us and he's not finished yet.
From cover to cover, the bible is telling one unified story of God and his people. In many ways, it’s one story of rebuilding.
The story of Ezra and Nehemiah are one part of a much larger story of God continuing to work in the lives of his people to rebuild and restore them into relationship with himself.
The story of Ezra and Nehemiah are one part of a much larger story of God continuing to work in the lives of his people to rebuild and restore them into relationship with himself.
The Lord moves the heart of the King of Persia to allow the people of God to begin returning to their home to rebuild the temple, the central place of their identity and worship
As the people of God begin to head towards home, God moved the hearts of their neighbors to give them gifts of gold and silver, and provision for the journey home.
Behind all of this you sense the movement of God in rebuilding. Even though it was the people’s disobedience that led them into exile in the first place, God, in his great mercy, is there, working to rebuild, like he always does.
As the rebuilding story continues, Nehemiah will come to Jerusalem to begin work on the city walls. The Lord wasn’t just re-establishing worship, he was rebuilding their lives.
The good news of great hope for us today, is that God's not finished rebuilding yet!
That means we have a choice as we think about our own rebuilding.
Are we going to keep trying to put the pieces back together ourselves?
Or, are we going to surrender our pieces and our rebuilding to the Lord and wait in faithful anticipation for what he can do?
Friends, God’s not done, and you don’t have to be either.
As the people of God begin to head towards home, God moved the hearts of their neighbors to give them gifts of gold and silver, and provision for the journey home.
Behind all of this you sense the movement of God in rebuilding. Even though it was the people’s disobedience that led them into exile in the first place, God, in his great mercy, is there, working to rebuild, like he always does.
As the rebuilding story continues, Nehemiah will come to Jerusalem to begin work on the city walls. The Lord wasn’t just re-establishing worship, he was rebuilding their lives.
The good news of great hope for us today, is that God's not finished rebuilding yet!
That means we have a choice as we think about our own rebuilding.
Are we going to keep trying to put the pieces back together ourselves?
Or, are we going to surrender our pieces and our rebuilding to the Lord and wait in faithful anticipation for what he can do?
Friends, God’s not done, and you don’t have to be either.